Immigration Bill

With this it will be convenient to take Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords amendm...

The fundamental duty of any Government is to protect the British public and maintain the security...

Is the Minister able to clarify the numbers involved and how the Secretary of State and, indeed, ...

It might be helpful if I explain that since the law was changed in 2006, 27 people have been depr...

Amendment (a) is certainly a helpful move on some, if not all, the concerns, but how will the pro...

It may be helpful if I say that the Home Secretary will consider the relevant nationality laws of...

What happens if no other nationality is available? Does the Home Secretary simply give up?

The hon. Gentleman clearly makes the point about what we are seeking to achieve in respect of the...

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Various people are attempting to catch my eye. I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Forest...

I am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend is saying, and the House should realise that he i...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I pay tribute to him for his work on the Bi...

I want clarification about what the reasonable grounds are. Amendment (a) could be interpreted to...

The hon. Gentleman needs to understand that the particular concern—the gap that has been identifi...

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I can see that my hon. Friend the Member for Brent Central (Sarah Teather) wants to make a second...

I want to follow up the Minister’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert)...

As I have said, the primary consideration is for the Home Secretary to research various materials...

I want to press my hon. Friend on justiciability. Is he now satisfied that amendment (a) deals wi...

Yes. My hon. Friend rightly points to article 15 of the universal declaration of human rights, wh...

All the examples that the Minister has used relate to cases in which he expects people to reacqui...

Amendment (a) was carefully framed and consideration was given to the comments of the Supreme Cou...

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A number of my hon. Friends are trying to intervene. I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for ...

I am very grateful to the Minister. This proposal is predicated on the fact that the Home Secreta...

I will make two points in answer to my hon. Friend. First, the decision of the Secretary of State...

Will the Minister clarify the point that he has just made? Is he suggesting that there will be a ...

There is the ability to challenge deprivation decisions. Many cases have been brought before the ...

I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart) because I respect her opini...

Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that the point of an intervention is not to comment on a previ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has made his point. I am sure that he will make it again in ...

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I will take one further round of interventions, then I will make some progress.

Will the Minister comment on the time frame in which he thinks it is reasonable to expect somebod...

That is largely in the hands of the individual. When the power is exercised, it will be open to t...

The Minister is being very generous; I am sure that there will be questions on later sections of ...

In those circumstances, the Home Secretary would obviously have exercised her power to deprive, s...

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I give way to my hon. Friend who has not intervened on me before.

I want to press the Minister on the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Dr Hupper...

If the individual is in the UK, which I think is the situation on which that comment is predicate...

I apologise for missing the Minister’s opening remarks, which I am sure were extremely important....

It is difficult to make general comparisons with other states, because of the different natures o...

As usual, I have asked a question and the Minister has given me a straight answer, and I am extre...

I would hesitate to provide commentary on the laws of Belgium, the Republic of Ireland or other c...

Although I was not present for the beginning of the Minister’s speech, I have been watching the d...

It is not about that at all. I am sorry that the hon. Lady may have missed some of my earlier com...

Is the Minister saying, then, that the person deprived of their citizenship will not know the rea...

My hon. Friend will gain satisfaction from the judgment that SIAC will make in each individual ca...

Will SIAC have the information from the individual’s home Government? For example, will there be ...

It is difficult to comment on individual circumstances and cases. The Secretary of State will nee...

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I will draw my comments to a close, as I have been generous to hon. Members across the House.

I support the Lords amendments. Having listened to the Lords and to contributions from Members ac...

No.

The Minister says no, but the Home Secretary brought forward the proposals on 30 January on Repor...

The shadow Minister is talking about the process and that is very interesting, but can I press hi...

If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I will come on to that point in a moment. We abstained on 30...

The more the right hon. Gentleman speaks, the more confused I am about his position. My right hon...

I think both Houses of Parliament should have an opportunity to take evidence, as happens during ...

There is a great, gaping hole in the Government’s argument. However much the Minister may speak a...

My hon. Friend has anticipated some of my own arguments. Like the hon. Member for Cambridge (Dr H...

I am somewhat confused by what the right hon. Gentleman is now saying. Does he not support the Go...

The Minister should reflect on that. He will know that the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Ac...

I agree with what my right hon. Friend has just said, but is not one of the fundamental problems ...

I am grateful for that because my hon. Friend anticipates the concerns we had and that we raised ...

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Sir Richard Shepherd), when I hear phrase...

That is a legitimate question, and it is one that deserves an answer. The point I would make is t...

I listened with interest when the right hon. Gentleman talked about his fear that the UK would be...

I am trying to ensure that we propagate good practice. There are many states that currently remov...

The shadow Minister did say that this was in breach of our international obligations, but he now ...

I could do worse than to cite what Lord Deben, a Conservative peer, has said—[Interruption.] The ...

I am greatly concerned about this measure, and I will just make some observations. The Minister r...

It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Sir Richard Shepherd)....

Let me first remind the House what we are asking it to do today—to disagree with the Lords in the...

The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the proposal is that the Committee shall serve for the du...

I accept the right hon. Gentleman’s point, but that is not provided for. The Committee regulates ...

Given my hon. Friend’s expert knowledge on this subject, can he give the House some indication of...

My hon. Friend the Minister set out how many individuals had been deprived of their citizenship o...

Order. Before I call anyone else to speak, let me say that we have a very short time in this part...

I will be brief. I spoke in 1997 in the debate on the formation of SIAC, and I was wrong. I thoug...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart). I pay tribute to her fo...

It is a disgrace that we are talking about civil liberties and yet we have only nine minutes left...

I feel like I am in an episode of “Just a Minute”, Madam Deputy Speaker, but here goes.

I s...

It is worth outlining again at the outset the purpose of the Government’s amendments, which is to...

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I am afraid that I do not have time to give way.

We have reflected on the need for oversigh...

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.

I now have to announce the result of the deferred Division on the question relating to the draft ...

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 16.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 24, and Governmen...

This group covers the remaining aspects of the Bill. I will focus on Lords amendments 16 and 24 a...

Before I came to this place, I spent nearly a decade working with trafficked children. These matt...

I agree with the hon. Lady that immigration can be a relevant factor and that it relates to a num...

I welcome the fact that the Minister is trying to look at broader issues of children’s welfare; p...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention and for her genuine passion and concern for t...

I am not sure there is a dispute between the Minister and my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Li...

I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention, for his work in chairing the Joint Com...

I have two questions for the Minister on this important point. I do not think anyone disputes tha...

As I have indicated, our intention is to introduce an enabling power. We will provide a statutory...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, because this issue is so important. He is proposing...

Clearly, having announced the trials at the end of January, I want to see them proceed. It is imp...

Can the Minister remind us how many trials there will be, and where and when? What is the date of...

The trials are intended to be conducted in 23 areas, commencing at the beginning of July. We have...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again on such an important issue. The statutory unde...

Under the arrangements, each child victim is to be allocated a person with specialist training an...

If a child was brought into this country and an immigration officer suspected that the child was ...

Let me reassure the right hon. Gentleman, and the hon. Member for Wigan, that all children who ar...

On the question of administrative review, is it not really a way of avoiding the inconvenience —f...

The administrative review process is already effective in identifying and correcting caseworking ...

I thank the Minister for the Government’s support for these amendments, which I tried to put in t...

I recognise those who have made the case for this change for some considerable time, and I am ple...

The Minister rightly says that we are dealing with an historical anomaly, and that makes the case...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that and I have certainly heard the points she has made.